Rejected No More: I Am Way Out Of Your League, Darling!

Chapter 854:

She let the words settle, silence stretching in their wake. Then, in a near whisper, she added, “Take your time. Choose whichever path you want.”

Cedric leaned forward, picked up the divorce agreement, skimmed through it briefly, then set it back down.

He looked up at her. “Which choice do you want me to make?”

Daniela’s teeth pressed into her lip, uncertainty creeping in. When she had woken up earlier, she had almost asked Cedric if he was afraid of her.

Anyone else would be, wouldn’t they?

Sleeping next to someone like her—a bloodstained lunatic—should’ve terrified him.

So, she held back. Instead, she put everything on the table, hoping—just hoping—he would choose to stay.

She had long stopped believing in people and in love. Yet, with Cedric, a flicker of hope still remained.

It was underhanded, maybe even selfish, to tie him down with material wealth, but what other choice did she have? In the end, this was all she had left to offer.

remained eerily calm, an edge of cold detachment in his demeanor, so

his stillness made Daniela uneasy. She hesitated. “If the risk is

child,” Cedric cut in,

scrambling. “What did you

your next

way to make you change your mind, but in this relationship, I’ve truly given my entire heart. If you insist on risking yourself and something happens, I’ll be left all alone, which would be unbearable. I’m asking you to give me a child, someone to be with

lashes fluttered as she processed his

You don’t agree?”

eyes. “I can’t just

reply was instant, unwavering. “You carry the child. I’ll take care of everything else. You won’t have to

a

came to business, Daniela thrived,

came to bluffing and negotiation, she wasn’t

wealth, so why refuse to have a baby with me?” Cedric was

to two, and

couldn’t keep Daniela, their children surely